Singapore's SM Lee said the politicking within the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno)means criticism of the project from within the party would continue to be levied against Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. His plans for the special economic zone have been criticised as a 'sell-out' of the country'sMalay majority said observers.
He added: 'It is one thing for the Opposition Party PAS to knock the prime minister down, but when Umno leaders, especially from Johor, hit out in the same vein, potential investors from Singapore must seriously ask themselves when these attitudes will change, and how welcome their investments will be.'
He was already proven right:
Mohamad Aziz Mohamed (BN - Sri Gading) said Singapore does not hold Malaysia’s interest at heart. "The attitude of Singapore leaders is not the same as the people [in both countries] where people could sit together in coffee shops and make jokes as though they are brothers."
"Singapore never stops, although I understand Malaysia’s (prosper thy neighbour) philosophy of wanting a rich and developed neighbour. "Recently the Senior Minister in Singapore said Umno Johor is not interested in welcoming investment in IDR. This is one statement we cannot understand as our leaders have been welcoming investment from all nations, including Singapore," he said.
"But if you follow the sentiments of us Johoreans, Singapore does not want this IDR to develop. They send gangsters to spoil the image of Johor Bahru as though Johor Bahru is the hotspot for thugs and gangsters, causing people to be afraid to invest in Johor Bahru," he added.
"Singapore still think they’re better than our country," said Ronald Kiandee (BN - Beluran) during question time in Parliament today. He said through "chemistry" and "body language", Singapore was seen to have gained the advantage in the talks. "Does the government see this as though they are belittling us ... is the source of this the IDR which will be exploited by Singapore for their economic benefit," he asked in a question to the Foreign Ministry.
With this kind of attitude, are the MPs doing anything positive to prove MM Lee wrong? I would like to prove him wrong by showing that Malaysia welcomes all investors.
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Malaysia has no problem with foreign investors but singapore with its government involvement will always apply its kiasu strategy. So LKY is right that the majority population of Malaysia views it with suspicion
UMNO sentiment towards Singapore never change for the past 40 years and if the fellow UMNO MP think that Malaysia still can do something to sabotage Singapore,then they must be a bit naive to think that way. Singapore today is not the Singapore that was 40 years ago. Without banking on Singapore,do you think IDR will be a success?
As PM Addullah always uses HK and Shenzhen model to illustrate how IDR relationship with Singapore. If you want invesment to pour in,please tune down on our voice towards our neighbour.Sadly,it is more of IDR depends on Singapore rather than the other way round. UMNO MP! Please make the fact clear ok?
Once upon a time,we always use water to threaten Singapore and now people have enough water source for himself while residents in our Federal Capital still have to go for water rationing if there is a dryspell for more than 1 month despite our abundance of water resources. Weird right?
Fellow UMNO MP, sad to say that Singapore is at least 20 years in front of us,you can't reverse the trend by making emotional statement. If our leader has been rational when dealing with S'pore,we can get a lot of win win situation but unfortunately,the mentality of UMNO still the same as half a century ago.
Sadly,Singapore has won over us in many aspects and we have so much to learn from S'pore. Tune down and look forward:-)
The naive ministers and mps do not realize that without Singapore's active participation, the entire IDR initiative is doomed to failure.
There is no other country who is willing to put in the necessary resources and investment into this project besides Singapore.
Perhaps those moron UMNOputras, particularly the Johor variant could ask Indonesia to chip in....hahaha!
anon 1031 you use the word 'us' to liberally. Malaysia dont need to singapore and we will definitely be ahead once we become a homogeneous country. As it stands now we have enemies from within. UMNO must wake up from this dilemma
What do you mean by your statement "once we become a homogeneous country"?
Kindly explain.
i'm very concerned that the IDR will end up as nothing more than a real estate project like cyberjaya and putrajaya.
why cant we do it the bangalore way?
all these hot air from the MPs - all so emotional and irrational.
It will be the day I strike jackpot when I hear at least one of them say something credible in a strategic sense.
Their emotional and irrational resistance lay bare their lack of confidence in self, in the government esp in maintaining an equal business relationship with another government but just becos these MPs suffers from acute inferiority complex they shouldnt stand in the way of gloablization, economical growth, new jobs opportunity for the rakyat.
Some of our MPs really need to learn to how to look at rationalize a situation without getting overly emotional and act like my neighbor dog that barks at any one passing by their gate - for god know why!
Just an interesting note I found on the web: "For many dogs, chronic barking or howling is a cry for help. A dog who does not receive enough care or attention from his owner often becomes a barker."
"Noisy barks, relate to "defensive and offensive threats, social insecurity, physical distress."
Sebenarnya ramai tidak menyedari bahawa WPI atau Wilayah Pembangunan Iskandar hanyalah suatu pembangunan hartanah gergasi tanpa ada asas perancangan ekonomi disebaliknya dan jauh sekali satu strategi ekonomi yang tersusun.
Ia sebenarnya hanya lakaran peta yang telah di petak-petakkan untuk konon-konon kegiatan ekonomi tertentu dan lukisan bangunan imaginasi arkitek. Ianya tiada pengisian dan perancangan yang merangkumi aspek ekonomi, sosial dan politik negara, malah boleh membahayakan kedaulatan dan keselamatan negara.
Mangsanya adalah rakyat Malaysia yang secara tidak adil dipaksa kembali kepada warisan ekonomi penjajah yang meminggirkan satu-satu bangsa kepada satu-satu aktiviti ekonomi, kawasan penduduk dan tahap kemajuan sosial. Dalam keasyikan untuk menganuti ideologi globalisasi, ia akan menjadikan ekonomi kita menjadi ekonomi laisse fairre yang bebas sebebasnya, hingga kepentingan dan halatuju sosial, ekonomi dan politik negara diketepikan demi kepentingan kaum-kaum bermodal atau kapitalis, khususnya dari luar negara.
anon 973, you are right we have no need for IDR
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